Hod



Aparentela Nev. 2o, 1923. L

UNTED STATES ALBERT n. L aNG, or rrrrseuaen, PENNSYLVANIA.

HOD:

Application filedDecember 18, 1922. Serial 170,607,679.

T 0 all whom it may conce/m:

Be it known that l, ALBERT E. LONG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania., have invented new and useful Improvements in Hods, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hods, and more vparticularly to a hod intended for carrying mortar and Asimilar materials.

One of the main objects of the invention is to provide a hod of the character stated of simple construction and operation which may be readily produced and sold at comparatively smallv cost. A further object is to provide a hod which, when not in use, can be collapsed so as to occupy but little space and produce a compact bundle which can be readily carried on street cars and similar public conveyances. Fur-ther objects will appear from the detailed description.

n the drawings Figure 1 is a side view of the hod;

Figure 2 is an end view; v

Figures 3, 4 and 5 are sections taken substantially on lines3-3, v4--.4, and 45--5, respectively, of Figure 2;

Figure 6 is an end view of the hod in collapsed condition. j

The hod includes a. sideboard 1 toy thc lower edge of which vis secured a side strip 2 disposed in angular relation toI board 1. A sheet metal casing 3 extends about the lower portion of board 1 and about strip 2, this casing projecting a slight distance above the upper edge of the strip. A second side board 4 lits on the upper edge of strip 2 and is braced against outward movement by casing 3 and by pins 5 carried by board 4 and iitting into recesses provided in the strip.

An end piece 6 is secured between board 1 and strip 2, at one end thereof, casing 3 eX- tending about this end piece. Angle strips .7 are secured to the inner faces of boards 1 and 4 and are connected, adjacent to their lower ends, by a strip 7a extending `longitudinally of vthe upper edge of end piece 6. The outwardly projecting arms of strips 7 fit into corresponding grooves 8a'provided in the lateral edges of an end board 8 which fits between boards 1 and 4. Endboard A8 is also provided, in its lower end, with a groove 7h which receives strip 7a, the lower end of board 8 fitting tightlyagainst the upper end of end piece 6.

of lower section 28b of the staff.

Eyes 9 are secured to boardsy 1 and4 and receive the bills of hooks 10 which have theirinner ends secured through eyes 11 of screw rods 12 slidable through angle brackets 13 secured to the outer face of end board 8. Rods 12 are oppositely threaded to receive turnbuckle 12a. A'hook 14 is secured at its lower end, at 15, to end piece 6 and is adapted for engagement through eye 16 of a screw rod 17 threaded through one end of a Vturnbuckle 18 the other end of which is threaded onto a screw rod .19 secured by an eye 2O to an eye. 21 secured to the end board 8 below brackets 13. By turning turnbuckle 12d onto rods 12 the hooks 10 are drawn together so as to force the side boards tightly against the lateral edges of end board 8, and by turning turnbuckle 18 onto screw rods 17 and 19 the end board is forced down into.l tight contact with end piece 6. This provides simple and eicient means for securing the Vend board andthe side boards together in Such manner as to effect a tight closure between the same, and the angle strips 7 and stripl 7a effectually secure the end board against movement lengthwise of the hod while serving as brac-r inv elements for the side boards.

ocket members 22 are secured tothe outer faces of the sideboards and are adapted for reception of the arms of a fork 23 which fit-s about the hod. A securing pawl 24k is pivoted on the outer face of board 4 adjacent to the upper end of socket member 22y and is adapted to fit into a co-operating recess 25 out in the adjacent arm of fork 23. This pawl is normally pressed toward the socket member by a spring 26. When the fork is Vinserted into the socket members pawl 24 engages into recess 25 and eifectually locks the fork against casual displacement. The fork, when in position, serves to brace side board 4 against outward movement. while also providingsimple and eiiicient means for lifting the hod. The lower end of fork 23 is secured in the upper end of a sleeve 27 the lower portion of which is interiorly threaded to receive the upper exteriorly` threaded end portion of upper section 28a ofV a tub-ular standard or staff 28. Section 28a is provided, at its lower end, with an interiorly threaded sleeve 29 for reception of the upper eXteriorly .threaded end portion ,A bloc-k 30 is secured to and iits about the lower portion of the hod adjacent toy fork 23, this block being adapted to rest upon the hod carriers shoulder. f u i WVhen the liod is not in use it may be readily disassembled by loosening the turnbuckles 12a and 18 and disengaging the hooks from their respective eyes, after which end board 8 may be readily removedv from between the side boards.y After this has been done the fork 23 can be removed by moving pawl 24e into Vinoperative position and the side board 4 can then loe-detached fromside strip 2. The' stai may then be easily detached from the fork and the several sections of the staff can be dis connected, the fork together with the sections of thestaif and the end and side boards being placed in the liod between side board l and strip 2. l hen thus disassembled the hod may be readily arranged and packed so as to-occupy but very little space and pro vide a compact bundle which can be readily carried in street cars and other public conveyxances.

hat I claim 1s piece, means for forcing the side boards toward each other and for detacliably securing the end board to said side boards, and means for detachably securing the end board to the end piece and for forcing said end board toward said end piece.'

2. In a hod, a side boa-rol, a side strip secured to the lower edge of the board in anguiar relation thereto, a second side board seating on the upper edge of said'strip, an end piece secured between the' first mentioned side board and the strip, a casing extending about saidrst mentioned side boardy and the end piece and the strip, the casing projecting above the side strip and acting to brace the second mentioned side board, an end board fitting between said side board and seated on the end piece, and means for detachably securing the end board to said side boards.

3. lin a hod, a side board, a. side strip secured to the lower edge of the board in angular relation thereto, a seco-nd side board seated on .the upper edgeoi said strip, an end piece secured betweenthe-.strip and the first mentioned side board, an end board between the side boards and seatedonsaid strip, hook members carried by `the end board, eyes carried by the side boardsand 1positioned for reception of the hook` members, means for adjusting the hookvmembers toward and away fromfeach other, a hook member secured to; the endL piece, an eye member carried .by theend board and adapted for reception of the hoolnmember carried by the end piece, and means for adjusting said eye-member toward and away from said end piece.

4l.' ln a hod,` two side boards.; means for securing said boards together inpangular relation, angle strips secured to the-inneizfaces ol' the side boards, an end boa-rdzitiing be tween the side boards andprovidedin its lateral edges with grooves receivii'ig,l the inner iianges ot' said strips, and rn'ieai'isfiior detacliably securing said yend board l in position.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my `signature.

ALBERT E; Lone.y 

